撩惹
liáo​rě

provoke

撩 liāo lift up

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 尞 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

尞
尞 Sound component
liào, liáo burnt offering

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreːw
reːwʔ
Unicodeleu
lěu

說文解字

理也。从手尞聲。

Sources

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

惹 rě irritate

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 若 represents the sound.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
若
若 Sound component
ruò if

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnjaʔ
njaɡ
Unicodengiǎ

說文解字

亂也。从心若聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)